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Congress on Display, Congress at Work
William T. Bianco, Editor
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This impressive collection of essays by many renowned scholars was compiled in honor of Richard F. Fenno's contribution to legislative studies. Utilizing various approaches to examine the impact of strategic behavior, rules, and institutions on legislative outcomes, this book produces significant new insights into legislative behavior. The themes that are constant in this volume and that reflect Richard F. Fenno's own treatment of the field are legislators as rational actors; the expectation that congressional rules, procedures, and institutions reflect the preferences and constraints faced by members of Congress; and viewing politics as politicians do.
The contributors are John Aldrich, Steve Balla, David Castle, Christine DeGregorio, Richard Delany, Diana Evans, Patrick Fett, Linda Fowler, Brian Frederking, Jeffrey Hill, Bryan Marshall, Brandon Prins, David Rohde, Wendy Schiller, Kenneth Shepsle, and John Wright.
William T. Bianco is Associate Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University.
The contributors are John Aldrich, Steve Balla, David Castle, Christine DeGregorio, Richard Delany, Diana Evans, Patrick Fett, Linda Fowler, Brian Frederking, Jeffrey Hill, Bryan Marshall, Brandon Prins, David Rohde, Wendy Schiller, Kenneth Shepsle, and John Wright.
William T. Bianco is Associate Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Dedication
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Contents
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Preface
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Richard Fenno’s Conventional Wisdom
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Explaining Institutional Change: Soaking, Poking, and Modeling in the U.S. Congress
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Building Reputations and Shaping Careers: The Strategies of Individual Agendas in the U.S. Senate
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Majority Party Leadership, Strategic Choice, and Committee Power: Appropriations in the House, 1995–98
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What We Don’t Know about Congressional Party Leadership
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Preferences and Governance in the U.S. House of Representatives: The Great Republican Experiment
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Republican House Majority Party Leadership in the 104th and 105th Congresses: Innovation and Continuity
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Can Advisory Committees Facilitate Congressional Oversight of the Bureaucracy?
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Representation, Careerism, and Term Limits: A Simulation
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Understanding Presentation of Self
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Member Goals and Party Switching in the U.S. Congress
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The Distribution of Pork Barrel Projects and Vote Buying in Congress
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Congress, the President, and the Unrealized Bargaining Power of the Line-Item Veto: A Brief Note on a Short-Lived Law
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Contributors
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Index
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Published: 2000
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
- 978-0-472-08711-2 (paper)
- 978-0-472-02690-6 (ebook)